What's So Funny? Using Humor to Enhance Fiction and Memoir

What's So Funny? Using Humor to Enhance Fiction and MemoirBeyond outright comedy, humor has many functions in fiction and memoir: a release valve for difficult feelings, a way to showcase character traits, and to add a little levity for the reader. Characters who use humor endear themselves to readers, and humor can help lighten an intense scene or story without falling into the baldly comic. Even if you don't think you have a funny bone in your body, this OnDemand webinar will demystify common forms of

Beyond outright comedy, humor has many functions in fiction and memoir: a release valve for difficult feelings, a way to showcase character traits, and to add a little levity for the reader. Characters who use humor endear themselves to readers, and humor can help lighten an intense scene or story without falling into the baldly comic. Even if you don't think you have a funny bone in your body, this OnDemand webinar will demystify common forms of humor, from irony, surprise and absurdity, to juxtaposition, misdirection and more.

Instructor: Jordan Rosenfeld is author of the forthcoming novel Fallout (Running Wild Press), as well as the novels of the novels Women in Red and Forged in Grace and six books on the craft of writing, most recently How to Write a Page-Turner, the bestselling Make a Scene, Writing the Intimate Character, A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, Writing Deep Scenes and Write Free. Her freelance articles and essays have been published in hundreds of publications, including: The Atlantic, The New York Times, Scientific American, Writer’s Digest Magazine, The Washington Post and many more. She is also a freelance manuscript editor, writing coach and teaches online classes. www.Jordanrosenfeld.net and [email protected]